Egg-beater.



N0. 841,320. PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907. J. E. HILL. EGG BBATER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. HILL. OF CENTER HARBOR. NEWV HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. E. HILL COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A COR- PORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

EGG-BEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

To all whom, it natty concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. HILL, a citizen of the United States. and a resident of Center Harbor, county of Belknap, and State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement in Egg-Beaters, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification,

like numerals on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to egg-heaters, and has for its object to provide a novel eggbeater which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and which may be readily taken apart for cleaning.

In all rotary egg-boaters with which I am familiar the rotary beating members are fixedly secured in the frame and cannot be removed therefrom for cleaning or other purposes. The result is that it is often quite a task to properly clean the egg-beater after it has been in use.

In my improved egg-beater I have so mounted the beating members that they can be readily removed from the frame, and thus easily washed and dried. I propose, also, to make the frame of my egg-beater of suitable wire which is bent to shape, this making a very inexpensive but practical and suitable frame.

In the drawings, in which one simple embodiment of my invention is illustrated, Figure 1 is a view of the egg-beater. Fig. 2 is a section on the linear; 90,Fig. 1. Fig. Sisaview of the frame. Fig. 4 is a section on the line y 3 Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a section on the line a a.

The frame is designated by 3 and is prefer ably made from suitable wire which is bent to the proper shape, and it comprises a handle portion 19 and a loop portion 16, within which loop portion the beating elements rotat-e. The handle and the loop portion are made rigid with each other, are non-detachable from each other, and preferably aremade as an integral structure. In this embodiment of my invention there are two rotary beatingmembers, (designated 4 and 5, respectively.) The beating member 5 comprises a spindle or shaft 6, having at its lower end blades or arms 7 and having fast thereto at its upper end a pinion 8. The lower end i sides of the frame 3.

of the spindle 6 is journaled in a socket 9,

formed in the frame, and its upper end is journaled in the bridge-piece 10, also carried l, by the frame. The other beating member 4 1 is rotatably mounted on the spindle 6 .and has a general loop shape and may be made from either round or flat wire. At its upper end it has rigid therewith a pinion 11, which rotates on the spindle 6, and at its lower end it is journaled on the lower end of the spindle 6, as at 12.

I The pinions 8 and 11 are driven in opposite directions by means of a driving-gear 13, which is herein shown as journaled on a stud 14, carried by a support 15. The frame 3 has the general shape shown in Fig. 3that is,it has at its lower end the loop portion 16, within which the beating, members rotate. At its central portion it is narrowed in, as at 17, where the support 15 is sustained. It is widened again at 18, where the bridge 10 is sustained, and the upper end thereof is bent to form the handle 19. This handle 19 has an inwardly-extending tongue or member rectly over the upper end of the spindle 6, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and holds the spindle against vertical movement.

It will be noted that the two beating members4 and5 rotate in opposite directions, and therefore operate to beat the material very rapidly. Furthermore, the two pinions Sand 11 are sltuated on opposite sides of the driving-gear 13 and thereforethe pressure on the drivinggear is always completely balanced and there is no tendency for the pinions to be thrown out of mesh with the driving-gear.

The tongue 20 of the handle is made of resilient material, so that it may be forced to one side, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, and when in this position the spindle 6 may be elevated sufficiently to withdraw the lower end thereof from the socket 9, when by swinging the lower end outwardly, as shown in dottedlines, Fig. 2 said spindle may be ntirely removed from the frame.

The driving-gear 13 may also be detached from the frame. Referring to Fig. 4, it will be seen that the support 15 is provided with the curved arms 180, which embrace the 20, the end of which normally stands di-- The frame is made re- ICO - beating members both rotatable about the.

silient, so that these sides may be sprung inwardly sufficiently to allow the support 15 to be removed therefrom.

The bridge 10 is preferably provided with the notches or recesses 20 in its ends, in whichv the bent portions 18 of the frame 3 are received, and said bridge may be permanently secured to the frame by solder or otherwise or may be securely held in place by the resil'iency of the frame. a

' From the above it will be-seen that the eggbeater is very simple to make, and it may be readily taken apart for cleaning or repairing.

The drawings show one embodiment of the invention only.

Having fully described my invention, wh at I claim .as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l 1. In an eggebeater. a frame comprising a handle and a loop portion made as an integrail structure, a rotary beating member detachably supported by the frame, and means to rotate said member.

2. In an egg-beater, a frame comprising a handle and. a loop portion made as an inte gral structure, a rotary beating member supported by the frame, and means to rotate said member, said rotating means and said beating member both being removable from the frame.

3. In an egg-beater, a frame, two rotary beating members both rotatable about the same, axis and detachably carried by the frame, and means to rotate said beating members.

4. In an egg-beater., a frame, two rotary ing a resilient portion to engage normally the end of the spindle and prevent longitudinal 'movement thereof.

6. In an egg-beater, a frame made from a piece of wire bent to shape, a bridge sustained by said wire, and a beating member having :a spindle, one end of which is journaled inthe frame, and the other end of which is journaled in the bridge, said frame having a resilient portion standing normally adjacent the bridge to limit longitudinal movement of the beating member, whereby when said portion of the frame is thrown into abnormal position the beating member may be removed.

7. In an egg-beater, a frame made of wire bent to shape. a rotary beating member sup ported thereby, a driving-gear for rotating said beating member, and a support for the driving gear, said support having curved arms to embrace the sides of the frame, but being detachable therefrom.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN E. HILL.

Witnesses:

LoUrs 0. SMITH, MARGARET A. DUNN. 

